daniel fast

My time in Charlotte is drawing to a close. I'm sorta sad about it. God knows it and I know it. Maybe I'm supposed to be here?
Anyway.
So the house of prayer is doing a 40 day fast and i'm Danieling it up with them for the next 40 days. I wasn't intending on doing so. Actually I didn't even know that they were on the brink of doing one - I'm not gonna lie - the Lord actually told me Himself before anyone told me. Wanna hear the story? I generally don't share these types of things on my blog...esp. about fasting - but why not. Right? Right.

So when I first got here - actually when I first stepped into the prayer room here - the Lord put a phrase in my heart:
"You have purposed in your heart. He has purposed in His heart."
At first I thought it was something really illuminous and serious that the Lord was speaking to me about. And after telling a few choice people about it and searching the scriptures I found out that in the first chapter of Daniel it uses the phrase "Daniel purposed in his heart..." when talking about not eating defiling food when King Neb was picking his chosen men. So then I asked God if He in His mighty goodness could be calling me to do a Daniel fast. Of course out of my lack of desire to actually do so - particularly while I was getting ready to celebrate living for 26 years - sort of left it at that. I did, but God didn't.
Anyway - a couple of days after my discovery I heard the buzz around here that on June 30th Z h o p and other ministries around and abroad would be calling a 40 day fast. At the same time the buzz started going on, (you know if you've ever been a part of a fasting community that people start major conversations about what they are going to do) there was the conference in which Corey R. came and spoke at. Last Sunday morning he was speaking on the benefits of fasting and weakness before the Lord. During the alter call I was hanging back after quasi-babysitting for 30 minutes or so - and Corey caught my eyes and gave me the stern pointed index finger - and said "get up here girl!" So, of course I did. And he said this, "You think you've been taking a vacation but your going to fast. The Lord has already told you you are going to fast." And I was like - okay - case closed. I know what the Lord meant by "You have purposed in your heart."

So tomorrow I leave. Right now I'm in the master suite here in the house with an open window listening to the Cause do their thing outside. It's something like 30 days of night meetings under a tent in which they play amazing loud live goodness for all to hear. It's like half a mile away from my house and I can hear it clear as a bell. This place is such a trip! I love me it.

Okay, all for now dear friends. Soon it will be picture time.